Nguyen Kailey N, Bista Dipesh R
Graduate Medical Education, Baylor Scott & White All Saints, Fort Worth, USA.
Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White All Saints, Fort Worth, USA.
Cureus. 2025 May 7;17(5):e83680. doi: 10.7759/cureus.83680. eCollection 2025 May.
Emphysematous cystitis is a rare, severe infection of the urinary bladder caused by gas-forming organisms like and (). Common risk factors are female sex, chronic urinary infection, immunosuppression, diabetes mellitus, and neurogenic bladder. We report a case of emphysematous cystitis in a diabetic male patient being treated with empagliflozin. With this case report, we aim to highlight the potential role of an SGLT-2 inhibitor such as empagliflozin in developing severe urinary infections such as emphysematous cystitis.
气肿性膀胱炎是一种由产气微生物(如 和 )引起的罕见的膀胱严重感染。常见的危险因素包括女性、慢性尿路感染、免疫抑制、糖尿病和神经源性膀胱。我们报告一例正在接受恩格列净治疗的糖尿病男性患者发生气肿性膀胱炎的病例。通过本病例报告,我们旨在强调恩格列净等钠-葡萄糖协同转运蛋白2(SGLT-2)抑制剂在发生气肿性膀胱炎等严重泌尿系统感染中的潜在作用。